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"sorry it doubled up on me when I wasn't looking, I did do the ad over, however I'm not sure how to edit so I deleted it and started it over with a better description. Thanks for letting me know...Dave"

"US Zone Folk Art
Very unique little building stamped on the bottom
Made in Germany / US Zone, Folk Art
looks to be a stable or church theme.
Probably made from left over WW2 war materials.
Decorated in (now) dried out oil paint but in very good…"

"Hard to find 19 Century Office Work Station Cabinet
Antique Haberdashery or General Store Cabinet.
19 century old Haberdashery cabinet or general store cabinet has 9 glass doors, 2 panes of glass missing on the top doors but very repairable.
Mid…"

Just thought I would share this info with everybody. eHDuring the 50’s – 60’s there was a space race to the moon.Major companies saw this as a good opportunity to commemorate and cash in on the hype. Many major companies started to produce lines of furniture, toys, light fixture, comic book, still & mechanical rocket ship banks, movies, coins, dolls, even some Countries put out postage stamps and the list goes on. Some items you can still buy new today, so nostalgia hasn’t gone away. The…See More

"I went to a rural yard sale but got lost. I stopped and spoke to a lady in the vicinity and she showed me where the sale was but by then it was picked over. I thanked her and as I was leaving she mentioned she was having a yard sale the next…"

"Dave, Date Nails were driven into the ends of railroad ties to keep track of their age. Only the last 2 numbers of a year were used, for instance 1885 would be 85. I have a small collection I found metal detecting along the abandoned…"

Haunted railway dated nailsAt an automotive swap meet where everybody brings {supposedly} automotive related items for sale but, on occasion, you can find some unusual finds.On this occasion I met a vendor with a wooden box filled with, well, I don’t know what they were. The vendor spotted me looking at these odd nails and came over and said,” do you know what they are?” Nope. He told me the story of when Great Western Rail Company…See More

Selling this unique turn of the last century {1910 Era.} washing machine that would be almost impossible to find another.This would make a very nice display in your appliance store when all cleaned up.[with a caption, this what they used to look like]The antique washer needs completely restoring but all the parts and pieces are there. Even the decals are still on the frame.My poor pictures will not tell the entire story.This washing machine is worth restoringAsking $135.00Pay by Pay…See More

"#1 when ever the weather is nice and there around we will go to them, its a good passtime.
#2 ..If the weather is nice, I like an outside booth, and most of them up here, except summer are inside. Will set up to sell twice a month in the summer.
#3…"

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Major companies saw this as a good opportunity to commemorate and cash in on the hype. Many major companies started to produce lines of furniture, toys, light fixture, comic book, still & mechanical rocket ship banks, movies, coins, dolls, even some Countries put out postage stamps and the list goes on. Some items you can still buy new today, so nostalgia…

At an automotive swap meet where everybody brings {supposedly} automotive related items for sale but, on occasion, you can find some unusual finds.

On this occasion I met a vendor with a wooden box filled with, well, I don’t know what they were. The vendor spotted me looking at these odd nails and came over and said,” do you know what they are?” Nope. He told me the story of when Great Western…

Auction time in the big smoke and all the on-line information was intriguing enough that we planned on attending. The night before the auction I downloaded all the pictures/ information, did little research to get set for the next day, it does look to be a good auction. A few hours to go before I hit the sack and I picked up my favorite book to read, Killer Stuff and Tons of Money. Very interesting read on doing flea markets and the antiquing…